A fine Empire ormolu and patinated bronze centrepiece attributed to Pierre-François Feuchère, circa 1815, the pierced palmette basket held aloft by three standing amorini, above a circular section plinth cast with winged torches and swags, 47.5cm high, 22cm diameter The present centrepiece closely follows a design illustrated in Hans Ottomeyer and Peter Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich 1986, vol. I, plate 5.16.6, there said to be based on a drawing by master gilder Feuchère, who ran a renowned and prolific workshop for opulent gilt-bronze objects in Paris during the late 18th and early 19th century. Examples closely related to the present lot and attributed to Feuchère were sold at Lempertz, 20 May 2016, lot 1073 (EUR 18,600), and Christie's Paris, Le Goût Français, 30 November-1 December 2016, lot 304 (EUR 20,000).